Fifa wants World Cup video referees

The game’s law-making body will meet today to make an “indicative decision” on allowing VARs worldwideMARC ASPLAND/THE TIMES

Fifa is set to secure a recommendation today that video referees be used at the World Cup, but one of the decision-makers has insisted that public confusion surrounding the system still needs to be tackled.

The International FA Board (Ifab), the game’s law-making body, will meet in Zurich today to make an “indicative decision” on whether video assistant referees (VARs) should be permitted worldwide, before a final decision in March. Stewart Regan, an Ifab board member and chief executive of the Scottish FA, said that even if the meeting defers a decision, a VAR system could still be used at the World Cup.

Ifab comprises Fifa, which has four votes, and the four home nations, which have one vote each. Six votes are needed to…